Kenneth Albert (born February 2, 1968) is an American sportscaster,
the son of sportscaster
Marv AlbertMarv Albert and the nephew of sportscasters Al
Albert and Steve Albert. He is the only sportscaster who currently
does play-by-play for all four major professional sports leagues in
the United States and Canada (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL).

Early life[edit]
Albert's parents gave him a tape recorder for his fifth birthday to
practice his broadcasting.[1] On his sixth birthday in 1974, his
father took him along to a
New York RangersNew York Rangers game. One of the
statisticians had to leave in the middle of the game, so Albert got to
do the stats for the rest of the game. At 14, he became the official
statistician for the Rangers on the radio. At 16, he wrote content for
the Rangers program. Aside from his Father, his idol was Vancouver
Canucks play-by-play broadcaster Jim Robson. From 1981 to 1986,
Albert, growing up in Sands Point, covered high school sports for the
Port Washington News at Paul D. Schreiber High School, an Anton
Community Newspapers publication.[2]
Albert graduated from New York University[3] in 1990[4] with a degree
in broadcasting and journalism. Albert worked in the sports department
at
WNYU radio. He is a frequent guest on WNYU's sports talk program,
The Cheap Seats. He has also made many appearances on the popular New
York sports internet radio show Sports Heaven with Mark and Evan.[5]
Broadcasting career[edit]
Albert is the radio voice of the New York Rangers, as well as a
play-by-play announcer and field-level reporter for Fox's coverage of
Major League Baseball,[3] the NFL,[3] and previously, the Sugar Bowl.
Previously, he handled TV play-by-play for the
Washington CapitalsWashington Capitals and
Washington BulletsWashington Bullets (now the Washington Wizards), and was a part-time
announcer on
Washington NationalsWashington Nationals telecasts in 2005. Additionally, he
does TV play-by-play for
Washington RedskinsWashington Redskins preseason games with Joe
Theismann.[6] Albert called the international broadcast of Super Bowl
XLVI with Theismann.
When Fox had the network contract for the
National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey League in
the 1990s, Albert also worked on Fox NHL Saturday telecasts. Albert
now does play-by-play for the
NHL on NBCNHL on NBC and formerly with Versus (now
called NBCSN). Albert called Game 1 of the
2014 Stanley Cup Finals2014 Stanley Cup Finals for
NBC, filling in for Doc Emrick, who was dealing with a death in the
family.[7] He has done work for NBC's Olympics coverage, as a
play-by-play announcer for men's and women's ice hockey at every
Winter
Olympic GamesOlympic Games since
Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City in 2002.
Albert has also done college basketball for
ESPNESPN Plus and is a
substitute play-by-play announcer for televised
New York KnicksNew York Knicks games
on MSG Network.[4] For the 2011 playoffs, Albert broadcast for two
playoff teams in the same market, doing the play-by-play for the New
York Rangers on WEPN 1050
ESPNESPN radio and filling in on MSG Network
doing play-by-play for the New York Knicks.[8]
Albert is known to some
ChicagoChicago sports fans as "The Kiss of Death" to
their teams.[9] Many games involving the Bears and Blackhawks with
Albert announcing have ended in losses for both teams. Examples
include Game 7 of the 2014 Western Conference Final between the
Blackhawks and Kings, and many
ChicagoChicago Bears' games with Albert
announcing since 2004.
He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the 2015 American League
Division Series between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays.
In the top of the 7th inning of Game 5, he helped explain the rule
regarding the errant throw by Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell
Martin, which resulted in Texas scoring the go-ahead run. In the
bottom of the inning, he called Jose Bautista's go-ahead home run.[10]
In 2016, Albert was nominated for the
Sports Emmy Award for
Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play in a list that included
fellow
NFL on FoxNFL on Fox announcer Kevin Burkhardt, fellow NHL announcer and
eventual winner Mike Emrick, and even his own father.[11]
Four sports in four days[edit]
On October 25, 2009, Albert called the play-by-play of the Minnesota
Vikings – Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game for Fox and then hosted the
New York Yankees' locker room celebration after clinching the American
League Championship Series that night. The following night he
broadcast a Rangers game on radio and on October 28, he called the
play-by-play of the
New York KnicksNew York Knicks season opener on MSG.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Kenny AlbertKenny Albert currently resides in New Jersey with his wife for 20
years, Barbara, and their two daughters, Amanda and Sydney. Albert was
introduced to his wife by close friend and
BaltimoreBaltimore sports reporter,
Jerry Coleman.[13]
Career timeline[edit]